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CLUSTER CHAT-CHARACTER-CARDS · 20 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-13

AI character roleplay chat apps

This cluster covers AI roleplay chat applications that let users converse with multiple AI characters, manage world state/books, import character cards, and stream dialogue. Dated history is too thin to read a shape from—only 4 dated entries exist before the index start. Traction leaders are rikkahub-sillytavern-android (19 stars) and rikkahub-huadeng (17 stars), with aichat-roleplay trailing at 3 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

APR 2025: 2JAN 2026: 1JUN 2026: 1AUG 2026: 3SEP 2026: 8OCT 2026: 5
APR 2025OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 3 hand-coded · 16 unlabelled

Operator · 13 hobby · 1 indie · 2 open source · 4 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01rikkahub-sillytavern-android19★21 dayslivehobbyAndroid app for roleplaying with AI characters that imports character cards, worldbooks, and presets and preserves long conversation context.
  2. 02rikkahub-huadeng17★22 days—hand-codedhobbyAndroid AI chat client for roleplay and long conversations that imports character cards, adds memory caching, plugins, voice calls, and messaging bot integration.
  3. 03aichat-roleplay3★4 days—AI character roleplay chat app that imports character cards and world books, supports streaming dialogue, file chat, and model management.
  4. 04narrale4★2 molivehobbyBrowser-based tool that generates character and user personas, world lore, writing style guides, and regex rules for AI roleplay and chat platforms.
  5. 05fireplace1★10 days—hobbyPhone-first AI roleplay app that lets users import character cards and lorebooks, connect their own API key, and chat privately on device.
  6. 06RP-Card-Vault0★10 days—ai-builthobbyApp that manages a library of roleplay character cards with search, tagging, editing, backups, and transfer to roleplay chat front ends.
  7. 07pocketlink-ai0★25 days—hobbyAI roleplaying chat app that runs in the browser and lets users chat with personalized characters, manage worldbooks and presets, and import character cards.
  8. 08huajing0★17 days—hand-codedhobbyDesktop AI roleplay client that runs character cards locally as Lua scripts with stateful storylines and supports multiple chat models.
  9. 09galstage0★2 days—hobbySelf-hosted desktop app that runs AI roleplay sessions from imported character cards and story presets, presenting them as visual-novel-style galgame experiences.
  10. 10card-forge0★6 daysliveopen sourceDesktop editor for creating and editing character cards used in AI roleplay chats, with image link caching.
  11. 11villain-rp-chatbot0★10 dayslivehobbyAI roleplay chat app that lets users talk with a villain character and can browse the web to complete tasks.
  12. 12utopia0★20 dayslivehobbyAI role-play chatbot that runs locally, giving characters memory, emotions, and time awareness, and works with multiple AI model providers.
  13. 13Roleplay-chat0★24 days—hobbyChat application for roleplaying with AI characters, with configurable personas, multi-turn memory, and saved sessions.
  14. 14ai-tavern-lite0★1 mo—hand-codedindieLocal-first AI character-card roleplay platform that imports Character Card V2/V3 cards, connects to OpenAI-compatible models, and manages sessions and story state.
  15. 15RPClient0★22 daysliveopen sourceAndroid app for local-first AI role-playing chat with character cards and lorebooks.
  16. 16NativeTavern - AI SillyTavern0★1 moliveNative app for AI roleplay that imports character cards and connects to users' own model APIs for unrestricted character chats.
  17. 17guanfu0★1 mo—hobbyDesktop and web app that lets users hold role-play conversations with a language model companion character.
  18. 18Tenants0★1 mo—hobbyAI chat application that lets users roleplay with multiple AI characters, tracks world state, and generates images from character cards.
  19. 19Tavo - AI Stories & Characters0★3 daysliveChat client for AI role-playing that supports custom character cards, group chats, persistent memory, and user-selected AI services.
  20. 20Character Cafe0★1 yrabandonedliveAI character chat platform offering millions of personas for open-ended roleplay and conversation without requiring account sign-up.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.